Blacking-brush



(No Model.)

W. N. BAKER.

BLAGKING BRUSH.

No. 383,684. Patented May 29, 1888.

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ePECIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. accese, dated May 29, lesa.

Application tiled January 20, 1857. Serial No. 224,905. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NATHAN BA y KER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Damascus, in the county of Columbiana 'and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Blacking-Brushes, of which the following is a specification. p

My invention relates to improvements in blacking-brushes; and it consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts for service, fully setV forth hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved reservoirbrush. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the centerof the dauber. Fig. 3 shows the parts of the reservoir detached. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the brush taken just below the top ofthe reservoir. Fig. 5 is a de` tail longitudinal section of the tube containi-ng the cut-off.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters denote corresponding parts in all the figures, my reservoir attachment may be ap plied to any ordinary blacking or polishing brush, A, having a handle, and comprises the body or reservoir B and the dauber O, attached thereto in the manner hereinafter eX- plained.

The reservoir B comprises mainly the two sections D E, the section D forming the bottom D and the ends D2 D3, and the section E forming the top E and the sides E2, of the res ervoir. The section D is formed of one piece of tin or sheet metal bent and cut to form the bottom and ends ofthe said reservoir, the sides of the said vbottom being provided with the depending flanges d, to embrace the outer sides of the brush 'and be secured thereto by tacking to the brush through perforations formed in said anges. It will be understood that the said bottom section of the reservoir rests directly upon the back of the brush, and is maintained there by the said iianges. The section E is also formed of one piece of tin or sheet metal, and is bent to form the top and sides of the reservoir, the lower edges of the said sides being provided with the inturned ilanges e, to rest upon the said bottom of the reservoir and be held there by soldering. When the upper section is placed on top of the lower section, the flanges d d3 on the edges of the end pieces, D`Z D3, are caused to embrace the open ends of the upper section, and when solder is applied to the joints the whole is made watertight. There aretwo openings in the top ot' the reservoir, one of which, G, is provided with a screw-cap, and through which the blacking is inserted into the reservoir, and the other, H, is for a purpose hereinafter explained. i

The dauber C comprises the short tube C', soldered around the opening H on top of the reservoir, and having the sheet-metal disk Cl soldered on the upper end of the said tube, and having an opening, c, in the center di rectly over but smaller than the opening H. Around the outer edge of the disk CZ is soldered or otherwise secured a flange, c', and within this liange is secured the disk C3, of rubber or other suitable material, to which the bristles of the dauber are secured, :and in the center of this disk is anopening, c?, to align with the opening c in the disk C2.

I is a funnel or conical shaped tube, having the small end passed up through the openings H c c2, and projecting a short distance beyond the disk C3, while the lower end is soldered over an opening, 7c, in the side of the tube K, situated in the reservoir B.

Opposite the inner end of the tube K,which is open and projects beyond the end of the tube I, and ashort distance therefrom, is placed the larger end of the funnel-shaped tube L, the smaller end of which is passed a short distance through an opening, d2 in the end D2 of the reservoir.

Zis a cap soldered at the larger end of the tube L, and behind the said cap and tting tightly in the said tube is a cork or other packing, Z, said cap and packing having aligned opening therein,through which passes the rod M, provided on one end in the tubeK with the tightly-fitting head M, and on the other end, outside of the reservoir, with a handle or ring, m. dered into the openings H c to make thejoints air-tight, and the end of the tube L must also The tube I must he soli be soldered into the opening d* in the end of ICO The operation of the invention is as follows: The blacking in a semi-liquid state is poured into the reservoir through the opening G, and the said opening is then closed by the cap pro- 5 vided therefor. To apply the blacking,draw

out the rod M sufficiently to disclose the opening k inithe tube K and turn the brush with thedauber down. The blacking willpassinto the tube Kthrough the open end, and thence Io pass through the opening k and down the tube I to the dauber. When a sufficient quantity of the blacking has iiowed into the daubelgthe rodM is pushed in and the head on the end thereof will completely close the opening k i5 and prevent further escapeof said blacking. If the flow of theblacking is too rapid when the valve is entirely drawn back, the head M' may be allowed to partially cover the opening k, and in this way the iiow may be reguzo lated to suit the requirements of the case.

The object for leaving a small space between the ends of the tubes K and L in the reservoir is obviously to allow the air and blacking a means of escape from the tube K when the z5 valve is drawn back.

My device, as is evident, is simple in con struction and may be very cheaply manufactured, and is very efficient, being thoroughly adapted for the work for which it is designed.

In case it should be desired to secure the at tachment to a brush which is larger than the one for which the said attachment was intended, it is obvious that the lianges d may be bent out tlatand tacked to the top of the brush. Thus my invention will be found of universal utility and benetlt.

. My device is intended more especially for use as a stove-blacking brush, although it may be used quite as effectively as a shoe-brush.

Having thus described my invention,what I 4o claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent'of the United States, is

l. In a blacking-brush, the reservoir havinga dauber attached thereto, the tube K, the tube I, connected with the tube K and eXtending into the dauber., and the valve M,combined with funnel-shaped tube L, having cap Z and packing Z', and the valve rod M, passing through said tube, the packing Z being adapted to prevent the blacking from escaping through 5o the opening d* for the said rod, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a blaeking-brush, the reservoir having a dauber attached thereto,the tube K,the tube I, to carry the blacking from the interior tube, K, to the dauber, the valve Min the tube K, combined with the tube L, the larger end of which is placed a short distance from one end of the tubeK, and the small end of which is passed through an opening, d", in the end of 6o t-he reservoir, the rod M, connected with the valve M,'aud passing through the tube L and incased in the packing Z therein, and the' cap or head Z, to hold said packing in the tube, all substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto alxed my signatu rein presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM NATHAN BAKER.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN A. FORD, L. M. STANLEY. 

